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Black activists rally for domestic workers, immigrants — just outside the Women's March

01/21/2017 | Aaron Morrison | Mic.com

If there was one major concern of some black activists regarding Saturday's Women's March on Washington, it was that the voices of the most marginalized women of color didn't have prominent billing.

That's why a group of women and men representing domestic workers, undocumented immigrants and the working poor met less than a mile from the march's rallying point to elevate their voices. They supported the march, but wanted to affirm their cause, one day after the inauguration of Donald...

Immigrant Workers on the March

01/21/2017 | Teresita Villasenor | NY Times

Today, I am joining this historic march with a delegation from the National Domestic Workers Alliance, because I believe in our strong determination to achieve our common goal of unity and solidarity as women. But I am also joining to show resistance, because President Donald J. Trump is a threat to care workers like me.

I am an immigrant from the Philippines who works as a caregiver, supporting people with disabilities. It’s challenging work that takes patience and understanding, and...

Obama Should Become Organizer-in-Chief

01/18/2017 | Ai-jen Poo | TIME Magazine

I remember exactly where I was on the night of November 4, 2008. It was a Virginia strip mall restaurant, where a group of organizers who had come from around the country to help people get to the polls on election day. Like many Americans, my eyes were glued to the television screen as I watched Barack Obama take the stage in Chicago.

It was a thrilling moment, all the more so because he wasn’t just another elected official, born into a political family. He was one of us. As a...